The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-02
CAPT. rAAr AND THE scHoL1Ev.

Arctic stood AZ his post 20 the last minute,
showed a sublime heroisn and went down
with his ship Out Of oil those on the Schol-
ton but eighty were saved, while at least as
many moro found watery graves Yet help
was soon at hand. The officers Of the sinking
vessel sent up rockets, signals for help, and
the British steamer Ebro was soon on the
scene II the wreck; all her boats and life
ines were out and many articles were set
floating. 80 that all who were still above
yrter we're saved. Two causes contributed
20 the great mortality; Most Of the passen-
gers were too badly frightened to put on life
oreservers, OF which there was an abundance,
and the water was so cold that none could
seep afoat many minutes without them IL
~ important 10 note that almost every one
,-ho ,ut on life preserver was saved; the
s.w exceptions were those chilled to death or
lslplessneSs by the cold One peculiarly
touching case is recorded; mother had
ssured the cork jacket about herself and
two children. but the three were found dead
in the water, cllnging to each other.
The survivors OF the Scholten insist that
the Rosa Mary was steaming ahead IN the
dense fog without proper signals The oil
GERS Of the latter declare they were at an
Choir, with LIGHTS 20 indicate that fact; that
the Scholten tried to pass too near the Rosa
Mary's bows, and that the disaster resulted
from the formers officers making no allow
ance for the ebb tide and misiudging their
distance. Here is a serious conflict Of testi-
mony which the inquest must settle. This
fact alone is certain: At 10 o'clock on the
night Of Nov 10, in a dense fog, the Scholten
was struck on the pOrt bow and cut to the
wator line, sinking in twenty minutes
The record OF the English channel for such
disasters Is q black one, especially since $50.
In March OF that year the Normandy was
struck in fog and sunk, thirty lives being
lost The next year the Madagascar went
down, but oil on board escaped. The same
year the Costa Rica went down with seven
teen of her crew In July, 1872, occurred the
awful loss Of the eDjSrant ship Northfeot,
with 3sl drowned and out eighty-Gve saved.
a Spanish steamer cut her TO the water line
and steamed away without Offering assist
ancc. But the greatest calamity Of all was
on Hay 81, 1878, when the German ironclad
Konig Wilhelm ran into the Grosser kur-
fnrst and sank her with 400 persons Alto
,ether, in not quito eighteen years, there
lave been twenty-six such disasters in that
,hannel, with a loss of SIS livesl
The recent stor1n on the Mersey estuary,
England shows the added dangers from
crowded shipping. Tho causes of this calam
Ity were unusual The wind had blown all
night from the east, causing u tremendous
outward swell; suddenly the wind turned
nearly 10 the west just rs the tide began TO
set in. The two forces met in the mouth Of
the estuary, the result was a worse agitation
than had ever been witnessed, and much de
struction at Liverpool and Birkenhead The
sea rose over the dock walls al the latter
place, and many vessels broke their anchor
cables and drited hclplessly with the water
The bark Egeria, of ST John. N. b., crushed
the landing stage OF the main ferry; two
schooncrs were dlshcd unon the pier of an
other ferry; the Wild Hunter, schooner Of
Youghal, was lifted DO high by the waves as
TO lodge upon pier, causing great destTuc-
ton, and an iron vessel, the GreenoTe,
crashed into pier bridge and sunk, the five
men on board being drowned AT midday
the tide turned, and almost Immediately the
wind shifted 10 the southeast, and loose YES
sels and fragments Of bridges and piers were